“The Russian side expressed satisfaction with the decision of the Turkish court to release from custody the Russian journalists of the NTV television company, who were detained in Turkey on December 3,” the Foreign Ministry said.

On December 4, NTV announced the arrest in Turkey of two employees of the Central Television program.

On the same day, their detention was extended by three days.

According to local authorities, the Russians "without permission were filming near the center for research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles."

On December 8, NTV employees Alexei Petrushko and Ivan Malyshkin flew to Russia, everything is fine with them.